Angela Bassett Wants Dr. Amanda Waller to be DC's Version of Nick Fury

"Green Lantern" hit theaters last weekend and failed to reach the expected opening numbers that Warner Bros set. It was also trashed by critics. But Angela Bassett, who plays Dr. Amanda Waller in the movie, not only wants to return for the potential sequel, but for other DC Comics properties, similar to how Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) has been appearing in many Marvel films.

"I didn't want to just come out and ask [the studio] that, but maybe I should have. It wasn't set up that way." said the actress. "[But] it's just so different from anything that I've done before. It's great to just be a part of this really unique and larger-than-life world."

When asked about how big her character in the DC world actually is, Bassett replied: "It's true and we thought about it, but they didn't really want to go that way."

DC just looks pathetic with their attempts to mimic what goes well for Marvel. The fact is, Marvel has better characters and better movies because of the story. i.e. thor was a great adaptation with a lot of well known characters, on the other hand Green Lantern had an aweful character, dumb villian and the other characters were not well done. DC is like a little kid trying to mimic his cool older brother, but failing miserably and looking dumber the harder he trys.

Bando, Strange Days was utter trash. Dunno how you or anyone else could watch that film without rinsing your brain out with Drano Dahmer-style afterwards. Worse thing to have Cameron attached in any capacity since Piranha 2.

And Bassett, she was good in like one film, that black love story film written by that black woman, or man or something, dunno, and I say that only because that's all I've ever heard.

She's been pretty much typecast as a bureaucratic lackey ever since. And not a very good one.

I like that movie and it has some great performances by Ralph Fiennes,Tom Sizemore,Vincent Dnofrio,William Fichtner, and back then it was the mid 90s so everyone was making some bullsh*t story about that Y2k sh*t and the world ending in the 2000s

I have the movie and I saw it years ago I'll give it a go again to see if it was dumb or not now that i'm older.Katrhyn Bigelow directed that BTW

Bassett is still hot after all these years, even when she's portraying the dikey Amanda Waller. Geoff Johns recently made a comment about their intention to use her to bridge the films in the way that Marvel uses Fury. It makes good filmsense to use a federal entity to bridge all these superheroes since it would quickly happen that way in real life.

They've already given this Amanda Waller a great backstory in the movie comics. She's a vet of the first Gulf War where she encountered Abin Sur and an alien criminal he was hunting and was recruited to top secret CIA program, hence her interests when they later find Abin's corpse in the movie.

i disagree with some of u.
Bassett has a good body of work under her belt. She has worked with a LOT of great people in the industry. I dont think she NEEDS the money or work like some of u are claiming. Its not like she's a nobody. She most likely has more money in da bank than all of us. It could be that she just f*ckin enjoyed being a part of a project that big. i think any actor would. like she said, she never really been in anything like that. no reason to disrespect her

Marvel is DC's older brother?Marvel has better movies?First of all DC predates Marvel for about 20 years.And let's take a look at some Marvel movies(trash):Ghost Rider,Daredevil,Elektra,Fantastic Four series,Spider-Man 3,Howard the Duck.Now DC:Batman & Robin,Superman 3,4 and Returns.That's all I can think of.

She's pretty solid as an actress. Even taking sub-par material and making it better.
She's not bringing up Nick Fury because of race comparisons, she's mentioning Fury because Waller is just about as close to DC's version of Fury. It makes sense to have Waller in most of the DC movies because (at least in the animated versions of her) she's interwoven into them all some way or another.
And are you going to blame her for wanting more work? You'd have to be an idiot sitting on a mountain of cash to not want to petition some extra work your way.
So can any of you who chastise her for this say that you wouldn't push for more work if you were in her shoes? DC hero movie franchise potential and what? You're going to say, "Naw, I'm good. I don't need to be in any more of those films." Yeah sure.

Personally, I love the Amanda Waller character. I'm not too well known of her in the comics, but in the animated works, they've shaped her into a very key figure in almost every DC hero's story. And aside from the amazing voice acting by C.C.H. Pounder, the character herself is very very good. One of the most memorable "non-heroes" showcased.
I haven't seen GL, but my friend told me about it and said for them to put Waller in the way they did was a disservice to the character.
But that's what I said the problem with GL was. Outside of the comic book circles, he is pretty much unknown. Like a tier 3 I guess. So of course any characters around GL would be even more forgettable.

I wouldn't say it's a disservice to the character of Waller. Bassett got quite a lot of facetime in the viral marketing. They didn't use her to the extent they could have in the film, but in the viral ads and the prequel comics, you get lots of good bits... such as how the other members of her ET study team include Professor Ivo and Jack "Starman" Knight.
I have a feeling her role in Green Lantern was a preface to the Man of Steel movie, and that we will next see her working with General Lane trying to capture Superman. Hopefully she'll end up being a love interest of Lex Luthor's.